This is a list of airlines that have an air operator's certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States.
Note: Destinations in bold indicate primary hubs, those in italic indicate secondary hubs, and those with regular font indicate focus cities. For legacy carriers American, Delta, and United, the most strategic/well connected hubs are shown as Primary Hubs.
Passenger airlines
editMainline
editAirline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
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Alaska Airlines | AS | ASA | ALASKA | Seattle/Tacoma Anchorage Portland (OR) San Francisco Los Angeles |
1932 | Founded as McGee Airways and commenced operations in 1944 as Alaska Airlines. | |
Allegiant Air | G4 | AAY | ALLEGIANT | Las Vegas Cincinnati Destin/Ft. Walton Beach Indianapolis Orlando/Sanford Pittsburgh Bellingham Des Moines Punta Gorda Grand Rapids Appleton |
1997 | Founded as WestJet Express and began operations in 1998 as Allegiant Air. | |
American Airlines | AA | AAL | AMERICAN | Dallas/Fort Worth Charlotte Chicago–O'Hare Miami Philadelphia Phoenix–Sky Harbor Los Angeles New York–JFK New York–LaGuardia Washington–National |
1926 | Founded as American Airways and commenced operations in 1936 as American Air Lines; largest airline in the world based on airline company revenue, scheduled passenger miles flown (per year), and fleet size. | |
Avelo Airlines | XP | VXP | AVELO | Burbank New Haven Orlando Hartford Lakeland Raleigh/Durham Santa Rosa Wilmington (DE) |
1987 | First, it did business as Casino Express Airlines and commenced operations in 1989. Started scheduled service in Burbank, CA, April 28, 2021. | |
Breeze Airways | MX | MXY | MOXY | Charleston (SC) Hartford New Orleans Norfolk Providence Provo Tampa |
2018 | Founded as Moxy Airways but was renamed due to trademark issues | |
Delta Air Lines | DL | DAL | DELTA | Atlanta Detroit Minneapolis/St. Paul New York–JFK Salt Lake City Boston Los Angeles New York–LaGuardia Seattle/Tacoma |
1924 | Founded as Huff Daland Dusters and commenced operations in 1929 as Delta Air Service. | |
Eastern Airlines | 2D | EAL | EASTERN | Miami | 2010 | Founded as Dynamic Airways. | |
Frontier Airlines | F9 | FFT | FRONTIER FLIGHT | Denver Atlanta Chicago–O'Hare Cincinnati Cleveland Las Vegas Miami Orlando Philadelphia Raleigh/Durham |
1994 | ||
Hawaiian Airlines | HA | HAL | HAWAIIAN | Honolulu Kahului |
1929 | Founded as Inter-Island Airways in early 1929 and commenced operations in late 1929 as Hawaiian Airlines | |
JetBlue | B6 | JBU | JETBLUE | New York–JFK Boston Los Angeles Fort Lauderdale Orlando |
1998 | Founded as New Air and commenced operations in 2000 as JetBlue Airways. | |
Southwest Airlines | WN | SWA | SOUTHWEST | Dallas–Love Atlanta Baltimore Chicago–Midway Denver Houston–Hobby Las Vegas Los Angeles Oakland Orlando Phoenix–Sky Harbor Nashville |
1967 | Founded as Air Southwest and commenced operations in 1971 as Southwest Airlines; largest airline in the world based on number of passengers served per year. | |
Spirit Airlines | NK | NKS | SPIRIT WINGS | Fort Lauderdale Atlantic City Atlanta Detroit Las Vegas Chicago–O'Hare Dallas/Fort Worth Baltimore Orlando Houston–Intercontinental |
1980 | Founded as Charter One. | |
Sun Country Airlines | SY | SCX | SUN COUNTRY | Minneapolis/St. Paul Dallas/Fort Worth Las Vegas |
1982 | Commenced operations in 1983. Operates some Amazon Air cargo flights. | |
United Airlines | UA | UAL | UNITED | Chicago–O'Hare Denver Houston–Intercontinental Newark San Francisco Washington–Dulles Guam Los Angeles |
1926 | Founded as Varney Air Lines and commenced operations in 1931 as United Air Lines. |
Regional
editCommuter
editCharter
editAirline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
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Air Charter Bahamas | |||||||
Air Charter Express | FRG | FREIGHT RUNNERS | Milwaukee | 1985 | |||
Air Flight Charters | FLL | Ft. Lauderdale | 1987 | ||||
Airshare | XSR | AIRSHARE | 2000 | Founded as Executive Flight Services | |||
Berry Aviation | BYA | BERRY | San Marcos | 1983 | |||
Bighorn Airways | BHR | BIGHORN AIR | Sheridan | 1947 | |||
Choice Airways | CSX | CHOICE AIR | Ft. Lauderdale–Executive | 2009 | |||
Eastern Air Express | BBQ | EASTERN EXPRESS | Fort Worth/Alliance | 2013 | Founded as ATX Air Services | ||
ExcelAire | XLS | EXCELAIRE | Long Island/Islip | 1993 | |||
Global Crossing Airlines | G6 | GXA | GEMINI | Atlantic City Las Vegas Miami |
2018 | ||
Gryphon Airlines | Y3 | VOS | Kuwait City | ||||
Havana Air | Miami | 2007 | Virtual airline. | ||||
IBC Airways | II | CSQ | CHASQUI | Ft. Lauderdale | 1991 | ||
L-3 Flight International Aviation | RTD | RIPTIDE | Newport News | 1972 | |||
Liberty Jet Management | LRT | LIBERTY JET | Long Island/Islip | 2006 | |||
NetJets | 1I | EJA | EXECJET | Columbus | 1964 | Founded as Executive Jets Aviation. | |
New Pacific Airlines | 7H | RVF | RAVN FLIGHT | Ontario | 2021 | Founded as Northern Pacific Airways, former low-cost. | |
Omni Air International | X9 | OAE | OMNI-EXPRESS | Tulsa | 1993 | ||
Omni Air Transport | DRL | DRILLER | Tulsa | ||||
Pacific Coast Jet | PXT | PACK COAST | 2006 | ||||
Pentastar Aviation | DCX | TANGO | Waterford | 1964 | Founded as Chrysler Air Transportation. | ||
Phoenix Air | PH | PHA | GRAY BIRD | Cartersville | 1978 | ||
PlaneSense | CNS | CHRONOS | Portsmouth (NH) | 1992 | |||
Presidential Airways | PRD | PRESIDENTIAL | Melbourne/Orlando | ||||
Sierra Pacific Airlines | SI | SPA | SIERRA PACIFIC | Tucson | 1970 | Commenced operations in 1971. | |
Skymax | SMX | SKYMAX | Ft. Lauderdale–Executive | 1997 | Commenced operations in 2013. | ||
Stampede Aviation | Healy/Denali NP | 2011 | |||||
Superior Air Charter | RSP | REDSTRIPE | 2006 | ||||
Superior Aviation | SO | HKA | SPEND AIR | Lansing | 1979 | ||
Talkeetna Air Taxi | Talkeetna | 1947 | Founded as Talkeetna Flying Service. | ||||
Tropic Ocean Airways | TI | FTO | WAGNER | Ft. Lauderdale | 2009 | ||
World Atlantic Airlines | K8 | WAL | WORLD ATLANTIC | Miami | 2002 | Founded as Caribbean Sun Airlines. | |
XOJET Aviation LLC | XOJ | XOJET | Sacramento–McClellan | 2006 |
Cargo airlines
editAir ambulances
editAirline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AirMed International | Birmingham | 1987 | Founded as MEDjet International. | ||||
Air Methods | Denver–Centennial | 1980 | |||||
Critical Air Medicine | 1984 | ||||||
Lifestar | |||||||
Life Lion |
State-run airlines
editAirline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comco | 2002 | ||||||
Janet | WWW | JANET | Las Vegas | 1972 | |||
Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System | JUD | JUSTICE | Oklahoma City | 1980 | Commenced operations in 1995. |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "American Airlines Restores CRJ200 Through Partnership With Air Wisconsin". aeroxplorer.com. Archived from the original on 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2023-04-21.